Feasibility of template-guided attenuation correction in cat brain PET imaging

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-258

  Kim, Jin S U ^a,b   Lee, Jae Sung ^a   Park, Min Hyun ^a,c   Kim, Kyeong Min ^b   Oh, Seung Ha ^a   Cheon, Gi Jeong ^b   Song, In Chan ^d   Moon, Dae Hyuk ^e   Chung, June Key ^a   Lee, Dong Soo ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Radiation and Medical Science   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^e University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Animal PET; Attenuation correction; Brain; Cat; Spatial normalization

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956679334     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-009-0277-1     Document Type: Article

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